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back.
Judging by the evidence on the Internet,
the most difficult C expression to use is
the comment. [1]
[1] Stolen from someone's sig.
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There are 2 Kinds of planes: Fighters, and targets.
There are 2 Kinds of boats: Submarines, and targets.
There are 2 Kinds of O/S's: Unix, and brain-farts.
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but the sword hurts more."
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cd /pub/lunch || dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mem
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---------------------- cut here ----------------------------------
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
# Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
$SIG{"INT"} = 'noexit';
$| = 1;
$luser = $ARGV[0];
if($#ARGV == 1)
{
$display = $ARGV[1];
exec("xterm -title BOFH -fg black -display $display -e $0 $luser");
}
if( $display =~ /0\.0/)
{
system("cat clickety-click.au > /dev/audio");
}
$dir = (getpwnam($luser))[7];
print "examine files in $dir ?";
&pause;
print "y\n\n";
@files = ;
foreach (@files){
print "remove $_?";
&pause;
print "y\n";
}
print "remove $dir ?";
print "y\n\n";
sleep 1;
print "\nCongratulations! You now have four megs disk space.\n\n";
sleep 4;
sub noexit {
$SIG{"INT"} = 'noexit';
print "\n\nheh heh heh...\n\n";
&pause;
}
sub pause { # 0.2 second delay
select(undef, undef, undef, 0.2);
}
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> In a fit of apathy, Ian Dobbie wrote:
> >I'll start:
> >
> >My names Ian and I have a porblem. I'm a ... I'm a ...
> >(embaressed laugh) a ... a ... sysadmin.
> >
> >There you go. See it isnt that difficult.
>
> The first you have to do in any 12-step program is to admit to yourself and to
> others that you have a problem.
>
> "My name is Mark."
> "Hi, Mark."
> "My name is Mark, and I...I have...a problem."
>
"My name is Bastard."
"Hi, Scott"
"My name is Bastard , and I...I...I don't have a problem! It's you all
you have a problem !"
"Ummm, Scott, that's a metal chair, not keyboard, Why don't
you just admit you have a problem coping with anything that's not a
computer and join us on the road to recovery."
"Don't talk to me or I'll kill -9 you! I'll uncompile you
all!"
> >Ian (God I need a drink now!)
>
> --
> Mark (God, I could sure use a Linux network problem right now.)
> mstaple@insync.net
Scott (Simon Travaglia, I sure could use a life now!)
bohf@flash.net
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>"We, the untrained, are being underpaid for doing the impossible with
>the obsolete ahead of schedule."
>
From a sign I saw in the library at my high school, lo these many years
ago:
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the
ungrateful. We have done so much for so long with little, we are now
qualified to do anything with nothing at all.
-spc (Now, if you change it to "We the underpaid ...")
(10) System administration is alot like sex: the first time you
do it, you realise all the wasted opportunities. Be careful
not to catch anything, and remember that the final reward is
a living entity that you have helped to create. But most of
all, HAVE FUN DOING IT!!!
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| | student and employee of Eindhoven University, |
| | and all people residing within 20 miles of campus.|
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--
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%% HOSTNAMES %%
Subject: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 20:19:22 GMT
Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760
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hostnames... how about noises as mach names, i.e.
plop, erm, sproing, ack, boff, crunch, tinkle, swik, pphhhhtt.
Then when a user tries to describe their problems, it'll
go something like "while logged into erm,..." or
"... getting bounced mail from sproing" or
"...tinkle isn't responding..." or "...plop fell off the net..."
and I'd definitely look forward to the first request on machine
"pphhhhtt"... ok, ok, simple grins for simple minds...
C.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:22 1996
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From: dread@i-link.net (Don Read)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 9 Jun 1996 21:30:48 GMT
Organization: yes! I must get organized !
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In article <4paa3l$u54@bamboo.verinet.com>, mike@bamboo.verinet.com says...
>I've used planets from the Star Wars movies (no books): Alderaan, Tatooine,
>Hoth, Dagobah, Dantooine... I thought it was mildly funny that right after
>bringing Hoth up, the fan in the power supply went bad...
>
>At my current place of major employment, we use dances (I don't know why):
>Tango, Rhumba (I know, no h), Samba, Charleston, etc.
>
>I've always wanted to use the names of the Great Old Ones though. Who
>wouldn't love to see a network with names like these on it: Cthulhu,
>Azathoth, Nyarlothotep, Shub-niggurath, etc. Whee!
You must have some _deep_ disturbing hate for your lusers,
I try to keep it simple. my hosts are named specie of trees (hey this is a
lumber company)
pine oak maple elm ash ...
I use (somewhat) more complex names for the brouters & termservers
braustin brrrock brantonio
tsaustin1 tsaustin2 tsretail tsshipping ...
if the name is too (!) long they won't attempt to telnet to it.
--
Don Read (the Sparkless) dread@i-link.net
Austin TX sysop@calcasieu.com
---- "Ya jus' mash that butt'n, righ' jere" ---
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:23 1996
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From: mike@bamboo.verinet.com (Mike Loseke)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 9 Jun 1996 15:59:31 -0000
Organization: Verinet Communications
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In article <4pffq8$10ne@news.i-link.net>, Don Read wrote:
>In article <4paa3l$u54@bamboo.verinet.com>, mike@bamboo.verinet.com says...
>>I've used planets from the Star Wars movies (no books): Alderaan, Tatooine,
>>Hoth, Dagobah, Dantooine... I thought it was mildly funny that right after
>>bringing Hoth up, the fan in the power supply went bad...
>>
>>At my current place of major employment, we use dances (I don't know why):
>>Tango, Rhumba (I know, no h), Samba, Charleston, etc.
>>
>>I've always wanted to use the names of the Great Old Ones though. Who
>>wouldn't love to see a network with names like these on it: Cthulhu,
>>Azathoth, Nyarlothotep, Shub-niggurath, etc. Whee!
>
>You must have some _deep_ disturbing hate for your lusers, good work>
>
>I try to keep it simple. my hosts are named specie of trees (hey this is a
>lumber company)
>
>pine oak maple elm ash ...
At my minor place of employment (I run the news server) the machines are all
named after plants and plant type objects as well: bamboo, cactus, ivy,
fern, willow... Kinda boring, but cool I guess. I'm trying to get the
cactus cam going: a quickcam pointed at a cactus in the window with the
bank clock in the background. Pretty exciting, huh!
--
Mike Loseke |
System Administrator | "What's another word for Thesaurus?"
Verinet Communications | -- Steven Wright
mike@verinet.com |
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:24 1996
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From: jlkinsel@anchovy.engr.ucdavis.edu (John Kinsella)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 9 Jun 1996 23:11:07 GMT
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Markus Laker (laker@tcp.co.uk) wrote:
| > How about fruits {apple, bananna, orange} as hostnames?
| I've used composers: Bach, Brahms, Mahler. My boss complains that he has
| trouble spelling them: 'not everyone is as operatically literate [sic] as
| you.' The other day I pointed out that he should be grateful I didn't use
| Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Dohnanyi.
Ya know, I used to have that problem with the names...admin at math before
us was naming everything after state trees....'rlogin chrysolophis'[1]
BUT[2] the newer releases of tcsh let you command line complete whatever the
hell you want...so add something like
complete rlogin 'p/1/$hostnames/'
to your .cshrc, where $hostnames is a list of your local hosts, and you're
set. :)
1: Or however it's spelled
2: The religious ones will hate me for this...
John
_____________________________________________________________________________
"don't you tell me how I feel" || John Kinsella
-I do Not Want this (Nine Inch Nails) || University of California, Davis
Finger account for pgp2.6.3i key. || jlkinsel@engr.ucdavis.edu
http://math.ucdavis.edu/~johnk || jlkinsella@ucdavis.edu
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:25 1996
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From: misc1150@.canterbury.ac.nz (Craig Falconer)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 01:08:05 GMT
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C. J. Edsall (c.edsall@phys.canterbury.ac.nz) wrote:
: > I've used composers: Bach, Brahms, Mahler. My boss complains that he has
: > trouble spelling them: 'not everyone is as operatically literate [sic] as
: > you.' The other day I pointed out that he should be grateful I didn't use
: > Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Dohnanyi.
: Physicists. (We have no imagination). Galileo, Newton, Einstein,
: Maxwell, Boltzman, Alpher, Bethe, Gamow. On of the grad students got to
: name his X-term: Zamolodchikov.
At work we plan to name machines with character names from shows. thus
we have hamlet.papanui.school.nz [1] as the mail server, and sandy and danny
as the two print servers. [2]
Anyone for audrey and audrey-too [3] ?
[1] Apparently by some English bloke...
[2] Grease
[3] Little Shop of Horrors
--
--
Criggie the Wierd! "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn
`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' them, they outvoted me." - Nathaniel Lee on being
consigned to a mental institution, circa 17th c.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:26 1996
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From: Michael Mohr
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:17:27 +1200
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To: Craig Falconer
Someone around here came up with the brilliant idea of using local park
and district names. It was agreed that any names using _Mt_ at the
beginning would be reduced to the last part of the name. We still can't
decide which system will be called _Smart_.
================================================================
Mike Mohr, Database Administrator === Email: mmohr@ait.ac.nz
Information Technology Group === Phone: 64 9 307-9999 x8133
Auckland Institute of Technology === Fax: 64 9 307-9901
PO Box 92006, Auckland, New Zealand =
================================================================
If we have unlimited ability to think, why use a computer?
================================================================
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:27 1996
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From: cuccia@motherhouse.Talamasca.COM (Nick Cuccia)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 06:52:41 GMT
Organization: The Talamasca. We watch. And we are always here.
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In article <4pciv0$nol@news2.cais.com>,
J.D. Falk wrote:
>In the scary devil monastery,
> Benjamin Hutchings wrote...
>> Here we are more restrictive: Italian composers only. We have rossini,
>> vivaldi, corelli and monteverdi. I don't know what will happen if we add
>> more to the network (as if the college will buy us more!).
> Switch to Italian meats. Seriously, how many people will know
>that Monteverdi was a composer, and Mortadella or Proscutto weren't?[1]
Probably obvious given my name, but me.
Oh, YM "Prosciutto". HTH.
--Nick "and make sure it's from Parma, will ya?"
--
Nick Cuccia -- Brewer. Singer. Photographer. Geek.
cuccia@talamasca.com http://www.talamasca.com/~cuccia/
And it's weigh hey, where the Red Queen reigns from her throne across the sea
With the hot rum running in our veins, we will serve you steel for tea.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:28 1996
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From: gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 12:41:43 +0100
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In article <4pciv0$nol@news2.cais.com>,
J.D. Falk wrote:
:In the scary devil monastery,
: Benjamin Hutchings wrote...
:
:> In article <4pcbln$dmn@zeus.tcp.co.uk>, Markus Laker wrote:
:> >lithium@cia-g.com (Stephen Fisher) wrote:
:> >
:> >> How about fruits {apple, bananna, orange} as hostnames?
:> >
:> >I've used composers: Bach, Brahms, Mahler. My boss complains that he has
:> >trouble spelling them: 'not everyone is as operatically literate [sic] as
:> >you.' The other day I pointed out that he should be grateful I didn't use
:> >Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Dohnanyi.
:>
:> Here we are more restrictive: Italian composers only. We have rossini,
:> vivaldi, corelli and monteverdi. I don't know what will happen if we add
:> more to the network (as if the college will buy us more!).
:
: Switch to Italian meats. Seriously, how many people will know
:that Monteverdi was a composer, and Mortadella or Proscutto weren't?[1]
Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
Gaz
--
/\./\
( - - ) gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary "Wolf" Barnes)
\ " /
~~~
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:29 1996
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From: dan@tree.spectra.net (D. S. Ritter)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 11 Jun 1996 10:12:33 GMT
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In article <4ph1ln$575@osfb.aber.ac.uk>,
gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes) writes:
>
>Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
>this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
>some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
>an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
>as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
>alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
Over here on the American side of the Pageant, we'd like to introduce
you to some of the less beautiful hostnames. We all know of the strange-
but-true case of "pc1, pc2, pc3...", and who could forget last year's
Most Boring Theme: Star Trek? No, not me either.
Some of you have been asking questions, and some of them have even been
relevant to the Pageant. One of those questions, selected at random from
our Spin-A-Wheel:
"Dear Pageant Masters: how do you choose your own machine names?"
Well, it's really quite simple. On the American side, we just use whichever
four letter word that comes to mind. For instance, tree. Rock. Blue. Park.
Gold. Isn't that simple?
On the British side, well, we'll just let Gaz explain Welsh to you. Gaz?
--
dan@spectra.net - this posting is *not* an official Spectra.Net policy.
D.S. Ritter 607 798 7300
"We did that, (well almost that), but it didn't work." - someone else
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:31 1996
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From: gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 15:03:51 +0100
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In article <4pjgqh$kid@ns2.spectra.net>,
D. S. Ritter wrote:
:In article <4ph1ln$575@osfb.aber.ac.uk>,
: gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes) writes:
:>
:>Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
:>this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
:>some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
:>an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
:>as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
:>alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
:
:Over here on the American side of the Pageant, we'd like to introduce
:you to some of the less beautiful hostnames. We all know of the strange-
:but-true case of "pc1, pc2, pc3...", and who could forget last year's
:Most Boring Theme: Star Trek? No, not me either.
:
:Some of you have been asking questions, and some of them have even been
:relevant to the Pageant. One of those questions, selected at random from
:our Spin-A-Wheel:
:
:
:
:"Dear Pageant Masters: how do you choose your own machine names?"
:
:Well, it's really quite simple. On the American side, we just use whichever
:four letter word that comes to mind. For instance, tree. Rock. Blue. Park.
:Gold. Isn't that simple?
:
:On the British side, well, we'll just let Gaz explain Welsh to you. Gaz?
Well, the Welsh team have a very strong entry this year, an entry that is
even gaining popularity on the other side of the pond too. I of course refer
to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name that
is hard to beat in anyone's estimation, and which is considered quite safe
from any competition from my-hostname-is-longer-than-yours.mit.edu (the only
other serious contender gratuitouslylonghostname.apana.org.au now seems to
have been withdrawn).
And now back to Dan for more details of the entries in the "short and
snappy" category where MIT again have quite a strong showing, and
dam.mit.edu and vo.mit.edu look certain to be battling it out in the final.
Gaz
--
/\./\
( - - ) gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary "Wolf" Barnes)
\ " /
~~~
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:32 1996
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From: dan@tree.spectra.net (D. S. Ritter)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 11 Jun 1996 15:32:23 GMT
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gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes) writes:
>D. S. Ritter wrote:
>:
>:On the British side, well, we'll just let Gaz explain Welsh to you. Gaz?
>
>Well, the Welsh team have a very strong entry this year, an entry that is
>even gaining popularity on the other side of the pond too. I of course refer
>to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name that
>is hard to beat in anyone's estimation, and which is considered quite safe
>from any competition from my-hostname-is-longer-than-yours.mit.edu (the only
>other serious contender gratuitouslylonghostname.apana.org.au now seems to
>have been withdrawn).
>
>And now back to Dan for more details of the entries in the "short and
>snappy" category where MIT again have quite a strong showing, and
>dam.mit.edu and vo.mit.edu look certain to be battling it out in the final.
And it's certainly a contest, Gaz! But in the Silly Domain Name Competition,
we've just seen dot.com pull up, with what should only be described as an
army of silly entries! But wait! Yes, we have found atdot.com too! Also
atcom.com and comdot.com! Just arriving is netdot.com, but frankly, Gaz,
it just doesn't look so hot.
My favorite underdog in this, the Hostname '96 Invitational, has got to be
the *sucks.com grouping, including nynexsucks and microsoftsucks (no, wait,
I just made this one up!).
Over to you, Gaz.
--
dan@spectra.net - this posting is *not* an official Spectra.Net policy.
D.S. Ritter 607 798 7300
"We did that, (well almost that), but it didn't work." - someone else
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:33 1996
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From: klingler@crusader.sprint.net (David Klingler)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
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Back when I used to care about hostnames[1] I had the systems in the lab named
after earthbound critters (eagle, tiger, etc..), Xterminals named after
moons, systems on the same floor as the lab after planets and systems on
other floors named after stars unless they were real far away and then they were
named after galaxies. Kind of a universal progression kind of thing.
[1] I have now named so many hosts that I don't give a fsck what they are
called.
--
Saevis Tranquillus in Undis
-David the Scarce
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:34 1996
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From: bonomi@eecs.nwu.edu (Robert Bonomi)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 19:23:49 GMT
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In article <4pha07$mk4@osfb.aber.ac.uk>, Gary Barnes wrote:
>In article <4pjgqh$kid@ns2.spectra.net>,
>D. S. Ritter wrote:
>:In article <4ph1ln$575@osfb.aber.ac.uk>,
>: gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes) writes:
>:>
>:>Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
>:>this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
>:>some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
>:>an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
>:>as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
>:>alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
>:
>:Over here on the American side of the Pageant, we'd like to introduce
>:you to some of the less beautiful hostnames. We all know of the strange-
>:but-true case of "pc1, pc2, pc3...", and who could forget last year's
>:Most Boring Theme: Star Trek? No, not me either.
>:
>:Some of you have been asking questions, and some of them have even been
>:relevant to the Pageant. One of those questions, selected at random from
>:our Spin-A-Wheel:
>:
>:
>:
>:"Dear Pageant Masters: how do you choose your own machine names?"
>:
>:Well, it's really quite simple. On the American side, we just use whichever
>:four letter word that comes to mind. For instance, tree. Rock. Blue. Park.
>:Gold. Isn't that simple?
>:
>:On the British side, well, we'll just let Gaz explain Welsh to you. Gaz?
>
>Well, the Welsh team have a very strong entry this year, an entry that is
>even gaining popularity on the other side of the pond too. I of course refer
>to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name that
>is hard to beat in anyone's estimation, and which is considered quite safe
>from any competition from my-hostname-is-longer-than-yours.mit.edu (the only
>other serious contender gratuitouslylonghostname.apana.org.au now seems to
>have been withdrawn).
>
>And now back to Dan for more details of the entries in the "short and
>snappy" category where MIT again have quite a strong showing, and
>dam.mit.edu and vo.mit.edu look certain to be battling it out in the final.
*BUT*, there's some -serious- competition, from a couple of other
machines, namely 'chickensh', and 'bullsh'. at the Illinois Institute
of Technology. yes, it has the 'obvious' name in .edu
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:35 1996
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From: emf@scf.nmsu.edu (discursive melancholia)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 14 Jun 1996 00:23:01 GMT
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In article <4phso5$rda@news.eecs.nwu.edu> bonomi@eecs.nwu.edu (Robert Bonomi) writes:
>>Well, the Welsh team have a very strong entry this year, an entry that is
>>even gaining popularity on the other side of the pond too. I of course refer
>>to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name that
>>is hard to beat in anyone's estimation, and which is considered quite safe
>>from any competition from my-hostname-is-longer-than-yours.mit.edu (the only
>>other serious contender gratuitouslylonghostname.apana.org.au now seems to
>>have been withdrawn).
This one is my fault:
Name: onefishtwofishredfishbluefish.NMSU.Edu
Address: 128.123.13.110
(which of course, beats a friend of mine's entry of
"wombatinfestation.unm.edu") that name actually broke the hidiously
misconfigured bind at NMSU. they'd set it up to have a max of 25 chars.
"uh. the spec says 31. fix named dammit."
everyoen was perfectly accepting of my dr. seuss nameing scheme.. lorax,
horton, grinch, but they started getting leery at onefish.... they
never let me out-do it by a letter with the900hatsofbartholomewcubbins.
bastards.
--
Erik Fichtner (techs@scf.nmsu.edu) [http://scf.nmsu.edu/~emf/]
"You can't depend on the goodly hearted, the goodly hearted
make lampshades and soap" - Lou Reed
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:36 1996
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From: vampyr@bu.edu (Eamon Daly)
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Gary Barnes (gkb@aber.ac.uk) wrote:
: And now back to Dan for more details of the entries in the "short and
: snappy" category where MIT again have quite a strong showing, and
: dam.mit.edu and vo.mit.edu look certain to be battling it out in the final.
Sorry to interrupt your update, Dan, but to the
amazement of the Eastern Seaboard Conference,
Boston University, in an entirely uncharacteristic
move, has actually brought a note of humor to the
mci.net routing table with their network of SGI
Indy's:
gestion.bu.edu gnant.bu.edu sposed.bu.edu
sputable.bu.edu stinct.bu.edu vidual.bu.edu
No word yet from the panel of judges who had
previously disqualified the .bu.edu domain for its
sloppy entry of well over 36 cartoon characters
from mismatched studios, including pooh, gonzo,
bugs, and pluto on the same subnet.
Back to the satellite uplink. Dan?
. .
--
becca finds a toe she forgot
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:37 1996
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From: durrell@shellx.best.com (Bryant Durrell)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 15:59:57 -0700
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In article <4pi1qa$4lf@news.bu.edu>, Eamon Daly wrote:
>Gary Barnes (gkb@aber.ac.uk) wrote:
>: And now back to Dan for more details of the entries in the "short and
>: snappy" category where MIT again have quite a strong showing, and
>: dam.mit.edu and vo.mit.edu look certain to be battling it out in the final.
>
>Sorry to interrupt your update, Dan, but to the
>amazement of the Eastern Seaboard Conference,
>Boston University, in an entirely uncharacteristic
>move, has actually brought a note of humor to the
>mci.net routing table with their network of SGI
>Indy's:
>
> gestion.bu.edu gnant.bu.edu sposed.bu.edu
> sputable.bu.edu stinct.bu.edu vidual.bu.edu
>
>No word yet from the panel of judges who had
>previously disqualified the .bu.edu domain for its
>sloppy entry of well over 36 cartoon characters
>from mismatched studios, including pooh, gonzo,
>bugs, and pluto on the same subnet.
>
>Back to the satellite uplink. Dan?
Meanwhile, on the West Coast, UCSC is making a bid for the lead in
the category of "Best Single Router Name" with the following host:
traceroute to bob.UCSC.EDU (128.114.143.26), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 core-fddi3-0.mv.best.net (206.86.0.1) 2 ms 221 ms 32 ms
2 mae-west1.agis.net (198.32.136.63) 96 ms 77 ms 48 ms
3 cpe1.hay.mci.net (198.32.136.72) 85 ms 69 ms 60 ms
4 core3-hssi-2.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.1.13) 60 ms 55 ms 86 ms
5 core2.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.4.201) 71 ms 53 ms *
6 * borderx1-fddi-1.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.158.52) 56 ms *
7 barrnet.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.158.102) 160 ms 157 ms 144 ms
8 * * paloalto-cr1.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.201) 134 ms
9 santacruz-cr1.bbnplanet.net (131.119.78.146) 112 ms * 136 ms
10 U-SURE-R-NOSEY.UCSC.EDU (128.114.100.250) 140 ms 131 ms *
11 sinsheimer-g.UCSC.EDU (128.114.1.240) 142 ms * *
12 bob.UCSC.EDU (128.114.143.26) 125 ms 156 ms 158 ms
Again, in instant replay, that's:
10 U-SURE-R-NOSEY.UCSC.EDU (128.114.100.250) 140 ms 131 ms *
By the way, vampyr, I miss your web pages.
Back to the studio!
--
Bryant Durrell http://www.innocence.com/ durrell@innocence.com
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From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:38 1996
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From: ikuo@panix.com (Kim Scheinberg)
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vampyr@bu.edu (Eamon Daly) deserves a Nobel for
>Gary Barnes (gkb@aber.ac.uk) wrote:
>: And now back to Dan for more details of the entries in the "short and
>: snappy" category where MIT again have quite a strong showing, and
>: dam.mit.edu and vo.mit.edu look certain to be battling it out in the final.
>
>Sorry to interrupt your update, Dan, but to the
>amazement of the Eastern Seaboard Conference,
>Boston University, in an entirely uncharacteristic
>move, has actually brought a note of humor to the
>mci.net routing table with their network of SGI
>Indy's:
>
> gestion.bu.edu gnant.bu.edu sposed.bu.edu
> sputable.bu.edu stinct.bu.edu vidual.bu.edu
I have to say, this is beautiful
I refuse to comment on server names here. Personal machines are allowed
whatever name the user chooses. Mine are archy and mehitabel
One network I managed many moons ago had exactly 26 machines. Yes, I went
the mythology route, with each machine's name starting with each letter
of the alphabet
klytemnestra was my fave
-k.
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From: jdfalk@cyberNOTHING.org (J.D. Falk)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
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In the scary devil monastery, Gary Barnes wrote...
> Well, the Welsh team have a very strong entry this year, an entry that is
> even gaining popularity on the other side of the pond too. I of course refer
> to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name that
> is hard to beat in anyone's estimation, and which is considered quite safe
> from any competition from my-hostname-is-longer-than-yours.mit.edu (the only
> other serious contender gratuitouslylonghostname.apana.org.au now seems to
> have been withdrawn).
Well you know, Gary, the Welsh have an historical advantage when
it comes to lengthy hostnames.
The only other real contenders against the Welsh in this category
may be one of the German teams.
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From: provers@kub.nl (Perry Rovers)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 11 Jun 1996 22:58:18 GMT
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On 11 Jun 1996 04:27:01 GMT J.D. Falk (jdfalk@cyberNOTHING.org) wrote in alt.sysadmin.recovery:
[Ye Annual Hostnaming Round...]
: Well you know, Gary, the Welsh have an historical advantage when
: it comes to lengthy hostnames.
: The only other real contenders against the Welsh in this category
: may be one of the German teams.
Oh? I didn't know Germans had many long-winding names.. Let's hear them..
Good fun when I'm driving there later this year.
On the bad side, my university will probably end at the last place in this
year's hostname competition for being totally unimaginative...
with hostnames like kubsuX, kubvaX, kubvsX, kubdsX, spXXXX, piXXXX, dpXXXX,
diXXXX, kubaxX, kubasX, kubprsX and more of that kind of thing.
(with X being numbers or letters, kubsux is a nice name for a Sun
though ;)
My own network currently consists of machines named garfield in different
domains.. it's another approach to the naming decision altogether.
--
Perry Rovers, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
NOTE: provers@kub.nl does NOT work for e-mail, use Perry.Rovers@kub.nl
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:41 1996
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From: spberry@iastate.edu (Sean Berry)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 11 Jun 96 23:29:34 GMT
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In <4pisil$hdh@news2.cais.com> jdfalk@cyberNOTHING.org (J.D. Falk) writes:
>In the scary devil monastery, Gary Barnes wrote...
[...]
>> to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name that
[...]
> Well you know, Gary, the Welsh have an historical advantage when
>it comes to lengthy hostnames.
> The only other real contenders against the Welsh in this category
>may be one of the German teams.
Vielleicht Bundesrepublikfussballverein? :) And that one's not even very
descriptive. Perhaps we could go with
Deutscheschokoladeschwarzwaldtortefussballverein? (Although I don't know
why you'd name a football team after a cake, it was very yummy. :) )
spb
--
Sean Berry is an ISTJ cellist who works in netbsd. (must have more toys)
I imagine someone is likely to misinterpret
my opinions as those of my various employers. This is not the case.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:42 1996
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From: misc1150@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Craig Falconer)
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Sean Berry (spberry@iastate.edu) wrote:
: >> to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name that
: Vielleicht Bundesrepublikfussballverein? :) And that one's not even very
: descriptive. Perhaps we could go with
: Deutscheschokoladeschwarzwaldtortefussballverein? (Although I don't know
: why you'd name a football team after a cake, it was very yummy. :) )
Reminds me of one of those "funny" papers that some users stick on their
notice boards, and actually this one was good enough to stick in my mind
How about #telnet spittenschparkenpoppenkorken
--
--
Criggie the Wierd! "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn
`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' them, they outvoted me." - Nathaniel Lee on being
consigned to a mental institution, circa 17th c.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:43 1996
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From: geirem@ulrik.uio.no (Geir Emblemsv}g)
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In article <4pm7bs$q49@cantuc.csc.canterbury.ac.nz>, misc1150@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Craig Falconer) writes:
> Sean Berry (spberry@iastate.edu) wrote:
> : >> to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name that
>
> How about #telnet spittenschparkenpoppenkorken
Cool, my first DSW! (I think...)
Try this machinename: mjošvitnir
The Department of CompSci here uses the machine as a LART.
--
Sir Geir the Gloomy of .no
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:44 1996
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From: ws@xivic.ruhr.de (Wolfgang Schelongowski)
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Date: 15 Jun 1996 08:10:46 +0200
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In spberry@iastate.edu (Sean Berry) writes:
>In <4pisil$hdh@news2.cais.com> jdfalk@cyberNOTHING.org (J.D. Falk) writes:
>> The only other real contenders against the Welsh in this category
>>may be one of the German teams.
>Vielleicht Bundesrepublikfussballverein? :) And that one's not even very
>descriptive. Perhaps we could go with
>Deutscheschokoladeschwarzwaldtortefussballverein? (Although I don't know
>why you'd name a football team after a cake, it was very yummy. :) )
Try Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen. Hmmm, better try
Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaensmuetze. The ae and ue are
ä and ü.
--
Wolfgang Schelongowski ws@xivic.ruhr.de
One person with a good diff can change the world.
/r$
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From: mert0236@sable.ox.ac.uk (Thomas Womack)
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Date: 15 Jun 1996 11:24:27 GMT
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Wolfgang Schelongowski (ws@xivic.ruhr.de) wrote:
: In spberry@iastate.edu (Sean Berry) writes:
: >In <4pisil$hdh@news2.cais.com> jdfalk@cyberNOTHING.org (J.D. Falk) writes:
: >> The only other real contenders against the Welsh in this category
: >>may be one of the German teams.
: >Vielleicht Bundesrepublikfussballverein? :) And that one's not even very
: >descriptive. Perhaps we could go with
: >Deutscheschokoladeschwarzwaldtortefussballverein? (Although I don't know
: >why you'd name a football team after a cake, it was very yummy. :) )
: Try Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen. Hmmm, better try
[The captain from the Danube steamship-journey company]
: Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaensmuetze. The ae and ue are
[The cap of the captain from the Danube steamship-journey company]
Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaensmuetzesternlein.
[The little star on the cap of the captain from the Danube steamship-journey company]
Aren't languages with flexible word formation rules wonderful!
: ä and ü.
: --
: Wolfgang Schelongowski ws@xivic.ruhr.de
: One person with a good diff can change the world.
: /r$
--
Tom
"The first Ariane 5 flight did not result in validation of Europe's new
launcher"
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:46 1996
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From: moz@airdmhor.gen.nz (Moz)
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J.D. Falk (jdfalk@cyberNOTHING.org) wrote:
: Well you know, Gary, the Welsh have an historical advantage when
: it comes to lengthy hostnames.
: The only other real contenders against the Welsh in this category
: may be one of the German teams.
Or the Maaori. There's a locality (I use the term generously) known as
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiphenuakitanatauhu,
and presumably the local internet provider is that .planet.gen.nz.
It's in Hawkes Bay, and like the Welsh the name is possible to say, even (or
especially) when slightly inebriated. I'm pretty sure my spelling is
accurate :-) Very tempted to register it myself, because it would just about
guarantee my exclusion from junk mail. Even the cut-n-paste crowd aren't
going to want to put that much text in just for one address.
So take that and stick it in your DNS.
*hugs*
Moz
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:47 1996
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From: misc1150@.canterbury.ac.nz (Craig Falconer)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 17 Jun 1996 00:27:55 GMT
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Moz (moz@airdmhor.gen.nz) wrote:
: Or the Maaori. There's a locality (I use the term generously) known as
: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiphenuakitanatauhu,
If you're going to use the PC spelling for Maori "Maaori" then at least be
consistant with:
Taaumaataawhaakaataangihaangaakoaauaauotaamaateaapokaaiphenuaakitaanaataauhu
/end{pc}
--
--
Criggie the Wierd! "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn
`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' them, they outvoted me." - Nathaniel Lee on being
consigned to a mental institution, circa 17th c.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:48 1996
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From: roth@uiuc.edu (Mark D. Roth)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 15:50:15 GMT
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gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes) writes:
>Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
>this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
>some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
>an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
>as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
>alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
*scribble*
--
Mark D. Roth - roth@uiuc.edu | Wally: "You're mighty brave in
http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/roth | cyberspace, Flame-Boy!"
Chair, UIUC Linux Users' Group | Dilbert: "Step inside..."
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:49 1996
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From: Joanne Rogers
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 12:41:48 -0400
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Gary Barnes wrote:
>
> In article <4pciv0$nol@news2.cais.com>,
> J.D. Falk wrote:
> :In the scary devil monastery,
> : Benjamin Hutchings wrote...
> :
> :> In article <4pcbln$dmn@zeus.tcp.co.uk>, Markus Laker wrote:
> :> >lithium@cia-g.com (Stephen Fisher) wrote:
> :> >
Actually, we decided to go with the names of politicians, at least for
our printers. Who else do you know that can generate so much paper...?
--
Joanne Rogers Voice: (416) 597-7409 or ESN 338-7409
Nortel Toronto Lab Email: rogerj@bnr.ca
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:50 1996
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From: durrell@shellx.best.com (Bryant Durrell)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 12:54:52 -0700
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In article <4ph1ln$575@osfb.aber.ac.uk>, Gary Barnes wrote:
>In article <4pciv0$nol@news2.cais.com>,
>J.D. Falk wrote:
>:In the scary devil monastery,
>: Benjamin Hutchings wrote...
>:
>:> In article <4pcbln$dmn@zeus.tcp.co.uk>, Markus Laker wrote:
>:> >lithium@cia-g.com (Stephen Fisher) wrote:
>:> >
>:> >> How about fruits {apple, bananna, orange} as hostnames?
>:> >
>:> >I've used composers: Bach, Brahms, Mahler. My boss complains that he has
>:> >trouble spelling them: 'not everyone is as operatically literate [sic] as
>:> >you.' The other day I pointed out that he should be grateful I didn't use
>:> >Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Dohnanyi.
>:>
>:> Here we are more restrictive: Italian composers only. We have rossini,
>:> vivaldi, corelli and monteverdi. I don't know what will happen if we add
>:> more to the network (as if the college will buy us more!).
>:
>: Switch to Italian meats. Seriously, how many people will know
>:that Monteverdi was a composer, and Mortadella or Proscutto weren't?[1]
>
>Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
>this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
>some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
>an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
>as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
>alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
If I'm ever really bored, and in a position to do so, I'll name a
set of firewalls ramses, kimono, goldcircle, and so forth.
--
Bryant Durrell http://www.innocence.com/ durrell@innocence.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proof by eminent authority:
I saw Karp in the elevator and he said it was probably NP-complete.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:51 1996
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From: trif@serv.net (Mary Conner)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 12 Jun 1996 00:08:22 -0700
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In article <4phuic$bga@shellx.best.com>,
Bryant Durrell wrote:
>If I'm ever really bored, and in a position to do so, I'll name a
>set of firewalls ramses, kimono, goldcircle, and so forth.
>Bryant Durrell http://www.innocence.com/ durrell@innocence.com
ribbedforherpleasure.innocence.com?
CNK!
--
Mary Conner
trif@serv.net
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:52 1996
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From: provers@kub.nl (Perry Rovers)
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Date: 12 Jun 1996 19:37:34 GMT
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On 12 Jun 1996 00:08:22 -0700 Mary Conner (trif@serv.net) wrote in alt.sysadmin.recovery:
: In article <4phuic$bga@shellx.best.com>,
: Bryant Durrell wrote:
: >If I'm ever really bored, and in a position to do so, I'll name a
: >set of firewalls ramses, kimono, goldcircle, and so forth.
:
: >Bryant Durrell http://www.innocence.com/ durrell@innocence.com
:
: ribbedforherpleasure.innocence.com?
I recently saw your-hostname-here.nl.com
and u-sure-r-nosey.ucsc.edu (I think, try tracerouting to bob.ucsc.edu)
being mentioned.
--
Perry Rovers, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
NOTE: provers@kub.nl does NOT work for e-mail, use Perry.Rovers@kub.nl
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:52 1996
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From: ncfee@westminster.ac.uk (Chris Ebenezer)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 13 Jun 1996 13:58:24 GMT
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Perry Rovers (provers@kub.nl) wrote:
: On 12 Jun 1996 00:08:22 -0700 Mary Conner (trif@serv.net) wrote in alt.sysadmin.recovery:
: : In article <4phuic$bga@shellx.best.com>,
: : Bryant Durrell wrote:
: : >If I'm ever really bored, and in a position to do so, I'll name a
: : >set of firewalls ramses, kimono, goldcircle, and so forth.
: :
: : >Bryant Durrell http://www.innocence.com/ durrell@innocence.com
: :
: : ribbedforherpleasure.innocence.com?
: I recently saw your-hostname-here.nl.com
: and u-sure-r-nosey.ucsc.edu (I think, try tracerouting to bob.ucsc.edu)
: being mentioned.
Well, currently cabi.net have an entry for :-
I.like.playing.with.my.testicles.in.the.cabi.net
Chris.
--
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From: grimm@vortex.netbistro.com (Ernie Dunbar)
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Perry Rovers (provers@kub.nl) screamed into the void:
: On 12 Jun 1996 00:08:22 -0700 Mary Conner (trif@serv.net) wrote in alt.sysadmin.recovery:
: : In article <4phuic$bga@shellx.best.com>,
: : Bryant Durrell wrote:
: : >If I'm ever really bored, and in a position to do so, I'll name a
: : >set of firewalls ramses, kimono, goldcircle, and so forth.
: :
: : >Bryant Durrell http://www.innocence.com/ durrell@innocence.com
: :
: : ribbedforherpleasure.innocence.com?
The brand names are more recognizable, like ramses, sheik, trojan, and
the like. Individually, it might be innocuous.
Around here, we have natural disasters (for most of them) as machine names:
vortex (our server)
tornado
pestilence (our slowest machine)
chinook
thunder
lightning
flood
blizzard
and one more, which has slipped my mind.
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From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:54 1996
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From: cuccia@motherhouse.Talamasca.COM (Nick Cuccia)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 12 Jun 1996 16:12:46 GMT
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In article <4phuic$bga@shellx.best.com>,
Bryant Durrell wrote:
>If I'm ever really bored, and in a position to do so, I'll name a
>set of firewalls ramses, kimono, goldcircle, and so forth.
What? You mean that asbestos, co2, halon, water, and foam aren't good
enough for you?
--Nick
--
Nick Cuccia -- Brewer. Singer. Photographer. Geek.
cuccia@talamasca.com http://www.talamasca.com/~cuccia/
And it's weigh hey, where the Red Queen reigns from her throne across the sea
With the hot rum running in our veins, we will serve you steel for tea.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:55 1996
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From: durrell@shellx.best.com (Bryant Durrell)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 12 Jun 1996 10:20:54 -0700
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In article <4pmq9u$21u@kadath.zeitgeist.net>,
Nick Cuccia wrote:
>In article <4phuic$bga@shellx.best.com>,
>Bryant Durrell wrote:
>>If I'm ever really bored, and in a position to do so, I'll name a
>>set of firewalls ramses, kimono, goldcircle, and so forth.
>
>What? You mean that asbestos, co2, halon, water, and foam aren't good
>enough for you?
Foam by itself just isn't enough; I don't know how well co2, halon,
and water work, and as for asbestos...
OW OW OW OW OW
--
Bryant Durrell http://www.innocence.com/ durrell@innocence.com
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From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:56 1996
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From: fachat@physik.tu-chemnitz.de (Andre Fachat)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 14:00:54 GMT
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Gary Barnes (gkb@aber.ac.uk) wrote:
: Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
: this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
: some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
: an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
: as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
: alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
Oh, well, we have some Macs here, because our boss is a MAC-LUSER![1]
and they are all named mcdonald, mcintosh, mcenroe....
The we got a new sun, one out of a few new computers to arrive and
we decided to name it - yes, yes, the most popular name in Space: kirk.
Well, that was only because I couldn't find something else when asked...
But these Star Trek names really suck![5]
Then we had to reinstall the machine (Did I mention that I crash _every_
machine?) and found a new series for the former "kirk" and the other new
machines:
Names from a famous german science fiction series from the sixties
(or beginning seventies), "Raumpatrouille Orion".[6][8]
Unfortunately the name of the commander is Mclane, and it's no Mac....
But who cares... :-))
Andre
[1] I mean, a Mac LUSER![2]
[2] But recently he even decided not to buy Macs as X-Terminals but Linux
boxes. All this Larting from all people in our working group[3] seemed
to have readjusted something... :-)))
[3] I mean really all - except him.
[4] Oops, footnote counter out of sync... kernel panic... Boom!
[5] They really suck! On nearly every site you find them...
[6] Who said I had imagination?[7]
[7] My computers at home are galileo and kepler and the next will be einstein..
[8] Another group in our building had the tasteless idea of naming the
machines for dictators (xiaoping, ...)
[9] Our HP are named after comic figures
--
Andre Fachat, Tel:++49-371-531-3551|"I do not feel obliged to believe that the
Stadlerstr 17, 09126 Chemnitz, FRG | same God who has endowed us with sense,
a.fachat@physik.tu-chemnitz.de | reason, and intellect has intended us to
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fachat | forego their use" -- Galileo Galilei
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:58 1996
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From: northrup@mailey.chem.ufl.edu (Dylan Northrup)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 11 Jun 1996 18:51:15 GMT
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An infinite number of monkeys in the guise of Andre Fachat (fachat@physik.tu-chemnitz.de) wrote:
[snippage]
=: Well, that was only because I couldn't find something else when asked...
=: But these Star Trek names really suck![5]
Academic Computing at my former University named their machines after ST
characters (data, kira, dax, etc.) I would have suggested using some real
science fiction names (B5 (londo, gkar, delenn, kosh, ...), writers
(ellison, asimov, bova, ...), 2001 (hal, dave, monolith, ...), Star Wars
(r2d2, c3po, luke, vader, ...), Dr. Who (tardis, romana, the_doctor,
the_doctor, the_doctor, ...), Red Dwarf (rimmer, kryton, lister, ...),
Battlestar Galactica ships (galactica, rising_star, pegasus, agroship9,
rycon, ...), Alien[s|3] (ripley, nostromo, narcissus, newt, sulaco, ...),
Buckaroo Banzai (yoyodyne, bigboote, hkcavalier, blue_blazer, ...), Tron
(lightcycle, io_tower, clu, sark, yori, ...), Dune (arrakis, muaddib,
halleck, ...), Blade Runner (deckard, tyrell, nexus6, pris, sebastian,
...), ...) except for a little problem I had with one of the employees
(who was only there because his father worked in Engineering computing. I
really hate when incompetent assholes with little to no talent or
knowledge get into positions of semi-power because of nepotism).
I guess their scheme is better than what I have at my current locale (I'm
not in charge of the DNS. Our DNS master figures that if you don't have a
machine that offers services, it doesn't need an interesting name and, as
such, our machines are all named based on the group and numerical order
(i.e. polymer12, inorganic5, organic8, ...)). Oh well, maybe when the new
guy comes in to do DNS (among other things) we'll get some real machine
names.
[more snippage]
--
Dylan Northrup northrup@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~northrup
Ask me about e-mail P.O. Boxes "I don't want the world, just your half"
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Random B5 Quote
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"You wanted to see me?"
'Wanted to? Not really, but I guess I have to, don't I?'
-- Bester and Garibaldi, "A Race Through Dark Places"
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:16:59 1996
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From: mute@sidehack.gweep.net (Solipsist Nation)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 12 Jun 1996 15:28:31 -0400
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In article <4pkf73$hvr@nostromo.clas.ufl.edu>,
Dylan Northrup wrote:
>Buckaroo Banzai (yoyodyne, bigboote, hkcavalier, blue_blazer, ...), Tron
Been done. yoyodyne, bigboote (the news server), hongkong, cavalier,
buckaroo, banzai, penny, hiklita, whorfin, lizardo (the DEC that ate
Worcester!), and rugsucker.wpi.edu are only the few I remember off the top
of my head, without going and doing more research. Lots of fun in that
DECstation lab, I tell you...
Josh
--
...said it was heaven just to breathe your air Severed Heads
J. Brandt - mute@sidehack.gweep.net
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:00 1996
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From: trif@serv.net (Mary Conner)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 12 Jun 1996 00:06:31 -0700
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In article <4ph9qm$6de@narses.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>,
Andre Fachat wrote:
>[7] My computers at home are galileo and kepler and the next will be einstein..
My home computer is named imp, as in a small thing that causes a lot of
trouble. After my 21 month old daughter, of course. I've decided
I will name the next one gremlin. We'll see where this leads us... :)
--
Mary Conner
trif@serv.net
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:01 1996
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From: keelings@mts.net (s. keeling)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 16 Jun 1996 21:23:50 GMT
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Incoming from Andre Fachat (fachat@physik.tu-chemnitz.de):
> Gary Barnes (gkb@aber.ac.uk) wrote:
> : Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent.
> Oh, well, we have some Macs here, because our boss is a MAC-LUSER![1]
> and they are all named mcdonald, mcintosh, mcenroe....
Gahd, what an anal retentive bunch I work with: wu1, wu2, wu3, ...,
wp33, wp44, ..., wc6, wc11, ...
--
skeeling@mts.net Taxation is theft!
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:02 1996
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From: martin@datamodl.demon.co.uk (Martin Hargreaves)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 16:20:49 GMT
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gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes) wrote:
>Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
>this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
>some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
>an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
>as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
>alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
Oh! I know! Has anyone thought of calling a machine www? or news? That
would be so cool....
M.
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# Martin Hargreaves (martin@datamodl.demon.co.uk) Computational #
# Director, Datamodel Ltd Chemist #
# Contract Unix system admin/Unix security Sysadmin #
##################################################################
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:03 1996
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From: tsalyers@dimensional.com (Tom Salyers)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 15:52:33 GMT
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D. S. Ritter (dan@tree.spectra.net) wrote:
> Over here on the American side of the Pageant, we'd like to introduce
> you to some of the less beautiful hostnames.
That reminds me of when my manager and I were talking to the vendors
who sold and installed our new Netware network. We're a museum of natural
history, so I wanted to go with dinosaurs: T_REX, STEGOSAURUS, and so on.
I left for the weekend, and when I got back, my manager had called up
the vendor and changed all the names to things like MAINSRV, FAXSRV,
COMSRV... Bleah. Just goes to show that if you want something done
right you have to take off and nuke the site from orbit, I guess.
--
Tom Salyers "Now is the Windows of our disk contents
IRCnick: Aqualung Made glorious SimEarth by this Sun of Zork."
Denver, CO --from _Richard v3.0_
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:03 1996
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From: sean@fastnet.co.uk (Sean B Purdy)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 11 Jun 1996 14:27:37 +0100
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Recently, the esteemed Tom Salyers, tsalyers@dimensional.com, imparted:
: who sold and installed our new Netware network. We're a museum of natural
: history, so I wanted to go with dinosaurs: T_REX, STEGOSAURUS, and so on.
: I left for the weekend, and when I got back, my manager had called up
: the vendor and changed all the names to things like MAINSRV, FAXSRV,
: COMSRV...
You changed them back, right? Otherwise... *bad* BOFH. No
caffeine/chocolate for *you* today.
Sean
--
Sean B Purdy, system administrator sean@fastnet.co.uk
+++ ????? +++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo from Start.
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:04 1996
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From: tsalyers@dimensional.com (Tom Salyers)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
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Sean B Purdy (sean@fastnet.co.uk) wrote:
> Recently, the esteemed Tom Salyers, tsalyers@dimensional.com, imparted:
> : I left for the weekend, and when I got back, my manager had called up
> : the vendor and changed all the names to things like MAINSRV, FAXSRV,
> : COMSRV...
>
> You changed them back, right? Otherwise... *bad* BOFH. No
> caffeine/chocolate for *you* today.
Well, I would have if not for the fact that changing them back would
have been a *much* bigger pain than leaving them the way they were...
--
Tom Salyers "Now is the Windows of our disk contents
IRCnick: Aqualung Made glorious SimEarth by this Sun of Zork."
Denver, CO --from _Richard v3.0_
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:05 1996
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From: alan@mattress.atww.org (Alan Reichert)
Subject: Re: hostnames
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 16:50:28 GMT
: In article <4ph1ln$575@osfb.aber.ac.uk>,
: gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes) writes:
: >
: >Hello, and welcome once again to the Annual Catchy Hostnames Pagaent. So far
: >this year, we've seen some very innovative new entries, and surprisingly,
: >some of the more popular mythological and planetary names have yet to make
: >an appearance, but there's plenty of time yet for them to make a move yet,
: >as this thread is just starting. So, sit back, and enjoy the fun as
: >alt.sysadmin.recovery brings you the very best coverage of Hostnames '96.
My submission:
mattress
Hmmmm...
- Alan
From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:06 1996
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From: wyang@ktel.freenet.columbus.oh.us
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 10 Jun 1996 16:04:28 -0400
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In article <1996Jun3.132417@specialix.co.uk>,
Keith Oborn wrote:
> In article , Don
> writes:
> |> Since there aren't many good command names to go around (fsck, rm, a few
> |> others), maybe operating systems would provide some good names. I'm not
> |> sure if it should be the ones that suck the most, because someone might
> |> think we're trying to give Bill some free PR... Any suggestions?
> |>
>
> I've aid this before, but: the one naming convention I've never dared
> try uses common Unix commands as names for Unix machines. Once
> set up, it's very important NOT to document any scripts or source
> that refer to machine names.
"These are a few of my favorite schemes[1]"...
Names of companies that sell junk for $39.95 via infomercial
or other annoying television/cable marketing.
eg: acme, ronco, ginsu, chia, ktel...
Names of (things often mistaken for) forgotten gods of long
dead religions:
eg: zuul, ymir, xenos, science...
Homonyms (and other words that sound alike)
eg: to, too, two, tu, tew, tutu...
Permutations in 3-letters[2]
eg: and, adn, nad, nda, dan, dna
eg: the, teh, hte, het, eht, eth
[1] Imagine a really good imitation of Julie Andrews singing this.
[2] Always fun, particularly if users try to go between machines to
find the most appropriate place to go...
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From: martin@datamodl.demon.co.uk (Martin Hargreaves)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 16:20:52 GMT
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wyang@ktel.freenet.columbus.oh.us wrote:
>"These are a few of my favorite schemes[1]"...
> Names of companies that sell junk for $39.95 via infomercial
> or other annoying television/cable marketing.
> eg: acme, ronco, ginsu, chia, ktel...
> Names of (things often mistaken for) forgotten gods of long
> dead religions:
> eg: zuul, ymir, xenos, science...
> Homonyms (and other words that sound alike)
> eg: to, too, two, tu, tew, tutu...
> Permutations in 3-letters[2]
> eg: and, adn, nad, nda, dan, dna
> eg: the, teh, hte, het, eht, eth
And of course quit for the nslookup users. I know some of you
(including me) have this as a CNAME to
use-exit-to-leave-nslookup.domain.com but have a machine called quit
would be nice.
And one called rm, and....
M.
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From alan_bailward@Mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jun 16 18:17:08 1996
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From: alan@mattress.atww.org (Alan Reichert)
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Caroline Brossi Yates (cbr@mathworks.com) wrote:
: hostnames... how about noises as mach names, i.e.
: plop, erm, sproing, ack, boff, crunch, tinkle, swik, pphhhhtt.
I already know of a few machines like this - boink, splat, and squish.
: Then when a user tries to describe their problems, it'll
: go something like "while logged into erm,..." or
: "... getting bounced mail from sproing" or
: "...tinkle isn't responding..." or "...plop fell off the net..."
:
: and I'd definitely look forward to the first request on machine
: "pphhhhtt"... ok, ok, simple grins for simple minds...
That's spelled "phzzzt", and yes, that one also exists. :-)
- Alan
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From: Firebeard
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 11 Jun 1996 09:46:45 -0500
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>>>>> Alan Reichert writes:
AR> Caroline Brossi Yates (cbr@mathworks.com) wrote: : hostnames...
AR> how about noises as mach names, i.e. : plop, erm, sproing, ack,
AR> boff, crunch, tinkle, swik, pphhhhtt.
AR> and I'd definitely look forward to the first request on machine :
AR> "pphhhhtt"... ok, ok, simple grins for simple minds...
AR> That's spelled "phzzzt", and yes, that one also exists. :-)
No, no, no. I have several alternate spellings in front of
me: "pphpfft", "pphpth", and "thptpth".
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From: jac@panix.com (John Clear)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 13 Jun 1996 01:10:44 -0400
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Where I am working now, we have zeus and seuss (as in Dr.). It is fun
when one of the english-as-a-second-language engineers come and tell
you that they are having problems with 'souss'... One of the managers liked
the scheme, and now has noose as his machine... Goose and moose to
follow soon...[1]
John
[1] Yes, I know I use to many elipses...
--
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"They're all lawyers, and think that the laws of physics can be amended with
a voice vote." -- Mary Shafer (shafer@ursa-major.spdcc.com) on Politicians
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From: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 13 Jun 1996 11:08:36 GMT
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jac@panix.com (John Clear) writes:
>Where I am working now, we have zeus and seuss (as in Dr.). It is fun
>when one of the english-as-a-second-language engineers come and tell
>you that they are having problems with 'souss'... One of the managers liked
>the scheme, and now has noose as his machine... Goose and moose to
>follow soon...[1]
We started out with zeus, then added one or two others along similar lines
(athena and something else), then went to boring names like webspinner (guess
what *that* machine does) and mothergoose, the main server (no idea where that
name came from). We've also got flush_twice (from someone who used to work
for a company which made toilets), ppp (Pauls Porn Palace, AFAIK), and my own
pwntfzogmxktl (or something similar). Unfortunately zeus went from being a
486/33 running 386BSD 0.1 (the ssh author couldn't believe it when I sent him
diffs for this) to a Sparc 1+, which has to be the most godawful piece of shit
we've got barring our SCO footstool/beer table (which would be some sort of
486 if it were ever switched on. Come to think of it I guess just "stool"
would be a better name for it).
Peter.
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From: geirem@ulrik.uio.no (Geir Emblemsv}g)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 13 Jun 1996 22:25:01 GMT
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In article <4posrk$b9o@net.auckland.ac.nz>, pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) writes:
> jac@panix.com (John Clear) writes:
> We started out with zeus, then added one or two others along similar lines
> (athena and something else), then went to boring names like webspinner (guess
> what *that* machine does) and mothergoose, the main server (no idea where that
> name came from). We've also got flush_twice (from someone who used to work
> for a company which made toilets), ppp (Pauls Porn Palace, AFAIK), and my own
> pwntfzogmxktl (or something similar). Unfortunately zeus went from being a
> 486/33 running 386BSD 0.1 (the ssh author couldn't believe it when I sent him
> diffs for this) to a Sparc 1+, which has to be the most godawful piece of shit
> we've got barring our SCO footstool/beer table (which would be some sort of
> 486 if it were ever switched on. Come to think of it I guess just "stool"
> would be a better name for it).
Oh, I must be a nice person, my favorites are only named:
(roughly translated from Norwegian)
cruel
brutal
harmony
cruncher
crasher
and: iforgotmyipaddress[I]
Though all these names are still only for M$...but some
will be valid DNS domain names soon:)
[1] Came halfway through a change of network provider before
we realized we hadn't checked the IPaddress before we started:(
Good thing this site is at least somewhat structured, we managed
to find out just by counting machines and offices:)
--
Sir Geir the Gloomy of .no
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From: rvloon@motif.xs4all.nl (Ronald van Loon)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
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jac@panix.com (John Clear) writes:
|"[1] Yes, I know I use to many elipses...
But not enough o's.
--
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From: neuhaus@dfki.uni-sb.de (Stephan Neuhaus)
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What was it that rvloon@motif.xs4all.nl (Ronald van Loon) wrote
in <4ppc4s$bh@motif.xs4all.nl>? Ah, yes:
>jac@panix.com (John Clear) writes:
>
>|"[1] Yes, I know I use to many elipses...
>
>But not enough o's.
Or l's.
Fun,
Stephan
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I've seen NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate.
All these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week.
Time to die...". - Peter Gutmann in alt.sysadmin.recovery
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From: jac@panix.com (John Clear)
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In article <4pr7bb$fad@mod-serv.dfki.uni-sb.de>,
Stephan Neuhaus wrote:
>What was it that rvloon@motif.xs4all.nl (Ronald van Loon) wrote
> in <4ppc4s$bh@motif.xs4all.nl>? Ah, yes:
>>jac@panix.com (John Clear) writes:
>>|[1] Yes, I know I use to many elipses...
>>But not enough o's.
>Or l's.
Since we are picking on my lack of spelling ability, is grey spelled
gray or grey? At work today someone complained that the console on
grey was wedged, so I logged in and rebooted gray... Some BOFH in
the past was kind enough to use both spellings as machine names...[1]
John
[1] Yes, I know I still am addicted to using lots of ...'s
--
John Clear - jac@panix.com PP-ASEL 1Lt, CAP-NYW http://www.panix.com/~jac
"They're all lawyers, and think that the laws of physics can be amended with
a voice vote." -- Mary Shafer (shafer@ursa-major.spdcc.com) on Politicians
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From: matt@hna.com.au (Matt McLeod)
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On 14 Jun 1996 21:59:15 -0400, John Clear wrote:
>Since we are picking on my lack of spelling ability, is grey spelled
>gray or grey? At work today someone complained that the console on
>grey was wedged, so I logged in and rebooted gray... Some BOFH in
>the past was kind enough to use both spellings as machine names...[1]
IIRC, the real world uses "grey", and Norte Americanos use "gray".
Matt
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From: tsalyers@dimensional.com (Tom Salyers)
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John Clear (jac@panix.com) wrote:
> Where I am working now, we have zeus and seuss (as in Dr.). It is fun
> when one of the english-as-a-second-language engineers come and tell
> you that they are having problems with 'souss'... One of the managers liked
> the scheme, and now has noose as his machine... Goose and moose to
> follow soon...[1]
Just to *really* mess with your ESL engineers, call one machine
"moose" and another "mousse"...
--
Tom Salyers "Now is the Windows of our disk contents
IRCnick: Aqualung Made glorious SimEarth by this Sun of Zork."
Denver, CO --from _Richard v3.0_
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From: klingler@crusader.int.sprintlink.net (David Klingler)
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At my last job I received 7 Sun 386i computers[1] that had been at a site
near the LA airport. All of these systems were full of black gunk. So I went
for the obvious names:
dirty, grimey, greasy, sticky, tacky, filthy, and stinky.
People called them the seven bastard dwarves.
[1] I use the term loosely.
--
Saevis Tranquillus in Undis
-David the Scarce
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From: winter@jurai.net (Matthew N. Dodd)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
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David Klingler (klingler@crusader.int.sprintlink.net) wrote:
: At my last job I received 7 Sun 386i computers[1] that had been at a site
: near the LA airport. All of these systems were full of black gunk. So I went
: for the obvious names:
We've got two /250s in operation here.
fixed.halo.net is on my bedroom floor, running a terminal.
master.halo.net is in a computer room across town, running irc.bofh.net.
Both names should be obvious.
--
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| InterSurf Online | "Welcome to the net Sir, would you like a handbasket?"|
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From: bonomi@eecs.nwu.edu (Robert Bonomi)
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Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 13 Jun 1996 20:32:29 GMT
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In article <4ppe1k$poi@quasar.dimensional.com>,
Tom Salyers wrote:
>John Clear (jac@panix.com) wrote:
>> Where I am working now, we have zeus and seuss (as in Dr.). It is fun
>> when one of the english-as-a-second-language engineers come and tell
>> you that they are having problems with 'souss'... One of the managers liked
>> the scheme, and now has noose as his machine... Goose and moose to
>> follow soon...[1]
>
> Just to *really* mess with your ESL engineers, call one machine
>"moose" and another "mousse"...
then add 'mouse', and a couple of multi-processor machines named 'mice',
and 'meese'. let 'em try to figure -that- out.
>
>--
>Tom Salyers "Now is the Windows of our disk contents
>IRCnick: Aqualung Made glorious SimEarth by this Sun of Zork."
>Denver, CO --from _Richard v3.0_
>
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From: matthewf@frost.org (Matthew Frost)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: Re: hostnames
Date: 12 Jun 1996 17:58:23 GMT
Organization: Frost Networking Systems
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